The Press., 1887-12-08

Last Saturdays liquor trial was th
 sensation of the week. It was before th district court, Turner judge, and, in ac tcordance with request of the claimants Q the hQuor. jury had been summoned consisting of Andrew VRhiton, G. O. Park eas. Jacob Glover, Willis Winter, s. B Amadon, and A. M Shepard Glove did not appear, Amadon was challenged oR by the defense, ahd Shepard by th, state, and talesmen as provided by Consta ble Muffin were substituted in the follow ing order: Henry Mckinney, John Bros Enan, Augustus Spellman. Brosnan wa excused at his request, and James Morril called in his place. The jury were sworn when counsel for the defense called atten 1 ton to defect in the search warrant, thu oath of the complainant being omitted Judge Turner decided that the objection was we'll taken, and dismissed the case, or dering the return of the liquors then stored in Selectman Ellis cellar. Almost iEnme- diately a big team appeared at Mr. Ellis residence, accompanied by Ohicer Mullen who served upon Mir. E. awrit of replevinfol the hQuors. As he held the property un- der orders of Sheriff Fisk, MT. F.. declined to yield them except upon the orders oi that officer. When Sheriff Fisk appeared the constable was invited to take the re- Rponaibility of removing the hauors, but he then declined to do it. The Sherif then loaded them Ous.e wagon and took them back 10 the premises of Levi Gary Son. The junior member met the consid- exabIe procession On the threshold of the premises and forbid them from coming up- on the premises, explaining that the room from which the liquors had been taken had been leased to Young & Lyon of Prov. idence. that he had taken the key from
 os hs b snd ats sey had PfSbs4 sR Asgs The officer proceeded steadily to the doors of the structure, and, finding them fasteu- ed, proceeded to unload the liquors on the ground. This done, he agrin made use of search warrant, this time guaranteed ''all wool and yard wide" reloaded the disputed "property," and took it away foH storage in custody of the law. These pro- eeedings were witnessed by over hundred bystanders in various stages of elStion or depression, as different phases of the case appeared. And SO the matter has to be gone over again. A man who appeared aa claimant of the liquor is understood to be travelling representative of Young & Lyon. wholesale iqnor dealing firm oi Providence.
 Busy hours and good many of them in & day are the lot of the force at the Say. ings Bank of Stafford Springs these days. The public is much indebted to these parties for providing so. ready accommoda- ton upon the closing of the national bank. Their prompt action has nicely bridged over the temporary inconvenience.
 The fair, which takes the place of the regular sociable of the Congregational la- dies society next week, will be held on Tuesday evening, or, if very stormy then, on Wednesday evening. It will be . bazaar for the sale of all sorts of useful and deco ratiVe articles, toys and novelties, also homemade confections, cake, ice cream, etc. It will be as deserving of generous patronage as was the one year ago, and moEey spent there will not be wasted, as the aim IS to put on sale such articles as people need.
 At the Chautauqua Circle last Friday evening Dr.. Richards gave $ very interest ing talk on the skeleton of the body. The circle felt free to ask questions, and did so, much to their own profit and enjoy m0nt. 5
 The cases of state va. O'Neill were de- cided adversely to the prosecutor on Mon day, by Associate Judge Turner, on the al. legation that O'Neill was not proven to be the proprietor of the house. The prose cutor is dissasiIsfied with the ground giy- en for the decision, ,$as the ownership oa the place WAS not disputed in the trial.
 Union prayer-meetine on Tuesday evening next, T o'clock, at Rev. J. M. Eaton's, Stafford StreSt.
 The taxpayers and the best class of people should see that they have . voice in the choice of borough officers next Mon day. Don't let caucuses and elections go without attention and then scold over the result.
 A. o. Comins is doing carriage paint ing for Stevens & Burnett, Ware, Mass.
 The entertainment given last evening in aid of the ". O. T. U. was one of the best. A musical program, which made up part first, was heartily enjoyed, embracing vocal music, piano and brass instruments. Part second was "Mother Goose" and her family, introduced by Yankee Doodle and "Miss Columbia. For this occasion "Blue Beard" ''Red Riding Hood" and Hubbard" were in the family with Little Bo Peep, :" ''King Cole, :" s'The old woman who lived in the shoe," "Little Jack Horner," "Jack and Gill" "Little Boy Blue, and the rest of them, and each par ticipsnt had his or her word for temper ance. The audience was good in number. A considerable number also patronized the supper before the entertainment, though not as many as ought to have done so.
 By agreement of counsel the case of B. 8. Hicks will be put over until the June term of the U. s. district court The December term of the.court began in liar . ford on Tuesday. All the hearinRS thus far in the Hicks case have been purely preliminary, and he has not as yet inter- posed either ples or defence of any kind. The indictment by the grand jury on Tues day was formal, as in all similar cases, MT. Hicks not appearing before them.
 An East -Main-st. lady recently gave 8 quilting on her bifth-day. inviting in those who were her girl associates nearly half century ago. The antique" word ing of the invitations gave several "cue, |" and these appeared at the ''doinRS" in garb of ancient days. One afternoon later people were treated to the spectacle of 2 lady passing along the street, going to make her "party .call' robed as at the party. After the first sensation of oddity was past, all were ready to acknowledge that the ladies of former days were pretti- ty and becomingly robed.
 Wouldn't it be better if our district court room was made less offensive by put ting Streaks of clear atmosphere in with the layers of tobacco smoke?
 Winter Post No. 44,G. A. R. ,last Mon- day evening elected the following officers